The Time Traveler´s Wife

[Bookworm Cris]

Hi people! I´ve just finished The Time Traveler´s Wife, from Audrey Niffenegger. I loved it! :thumbs_up
It happens that I saw a post in "What are you reading?" thread, someone read it and quoted the first sentence; it interested me, because I read every book and see every movie that deals with time-traveling. Thought it was some kind of time-machine pilot, but no... the idea of the story is original (how and why someone time-travels), the way she tells it is a very good choice, and the book made me cry... (I don´t want to give spoilers here, but if someone who read the book wants to discuss it, let´s go...)

Has anyone read the book? Any comments?

[davoarid]

I haven't read it, but I did learn that Gus Van Sant is making a film out of it. I'll probably read the book after the film...that's my usual trick.

[Maida]

I read the book a few months ago and loved it! It made me cry too! I fell in love with Henry, he is such an original character. I will most definetely see the movie when it comes out, I hope it's good!

[Dark Lady]

I'm sceptical about the film. I adored the book and I don't think that any film could live up to how I imagined it.

[Bookworm Cris]

I´ve heard about the film too... Sure I´ll see it when it comes, but (as I always end up thinking..) the book ends up as better than the movie (with some rare exceptions in which the movie equals the book).
I was just reading the thread about different styles of writing from men/women (in Philosophical Literature) and found it very interesting...
http://www.online-literature.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17289
...And thought that this book is written by a woman, but has some aspects of "men writing". I think she can write with the sensibility of both genders, given the very good way she turns from a male perspective/narration to the female one.
About the characters... I liked both, Henry and Clare, very much. Very well-constructed, and the narration with different dates, but following a cronological path... very creative. ;)

[lettergirl]

This book is one of favourites. When I finished it, I restarted it the very next day. Trying to get my friends to read it was hard at first. Telling my sci/fi fan friends no-no, it's not really just a love story; and getting my romance fan friends to understand it wasn't just another "stephen king" story. The ones who finally read it LOVED it.

[mir]

my mom read the book and absolutely loved it . . now i'm just waiting until she finishes it again to steal it myself! : )

[Bookworm Cris]

Oh, people, I´m glad you liked the book... it´s good to see other people enjoyed a book you loved. One thing I lked about it is that, if a time travel was possible, and the way the author explains it, the body would be the only one who "left", different from other stories in which there is a "time-traveling device"... Good trick, no?

[radspanner]

this book was the choice of our book club recently, and we all loved it.

[mir]

whoa. i just finished that entire book in one day. i couldn't put it down! that was great! : D